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Suzuki wins World Endurance title

Suzuki has won the 2007 World EnduranceChampionship after finishing second at the Bol d’Or 24 Hour raceat Magny Cours in France.

Defending Champions Suzuki EnduranceRacing Team – Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien daCosta – recovered from a crash five hours into the penultimate andfifth round, which put them down in 40th position, to fight backinto second place behind race winners Yamaha GMT 94 as theGSX-R1000 riders’ closest championship rivals Kawasaki Franceretired during the night.

SERT’s second team of William Costes,Guillame Dietrich, Max Neukirchner and Stephane Duterne – winnersof the opening round at Le Mans in April – raced to third positionafter recovering from a crash during the final quarter of therace.

The World Champions led from the startfrom SERT 2 until just before the five-hour mark when da Costacrashed. SERT 2 led throughout the night and battled with YamahaGMT 94 on the same lap and just 2.4 seconds adrift. The Yamaha teamtook the lead when Suzuki pitted and then crashed shortlyafterwards.

By this time the GSX-R1000 of Philippe,Lagrive and da Costa was back into a championship-winning positionof second, where they remained until the flag at 1500 hrs localtime.